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NatPharm Recapitalisation on Stand as Funding Model Draws Scrutiny
Zimbabwe’s Parliament has intensified its oversight of the country’s public health supply chain, with lawmakers seeking clarity on government policy to recapitalise NatPharm amid concerns over its fun...
Chitungwiza Mayor Officially Served Over Alleged Bypass of Deputy
The Mayor of Chitungwiza has been formally served with a complaint by the Chitungwiza Residents Trust, raising concerns over what residents describe as a sustained disregard of the Deputy Mayor’s stat...
Chatunga fined, Matonhodze jailed for 3 years
Bellarmin  Chatunga Mugabe fined R600K, deported as Matonhodze jailed for three years.
Aspindale Couple in US$15k Mining Scam
 A Harare woman has appeared in court for allegedly helping her husband defraud a Nyanga miner of US$15,000 in a fake mining claim deal and later obstructing detectives trying to arrest him.Kate Maumb...
Residents Nab Cable Theft Suspects Digging Trenches at 3am
 Four Harare men appeared in court facing charges of stealing underground TelOne cables in Waterfalls after residents allegedly caught them digging trenches in the early hours of the morning.Silent Mu...
Man Uses Forged ID to Access NMB Bank Account
 An Epworth man allegedly used a forged national identity card bearing his photograph but another customer’s details to fraudulently obtain a bank card and later attempted to unlock the account at a H...
Traffic Officer Hospitalised After Motorist Reverses During Wheel Clamp Arrest
  A Harare traffic enforcement officer was hospitalised with a fractured left leg after a motorist allegedly reversed his vehicle over him while a wheel clamp was still attached during an attempted ar...
Govt Admits Setbacks as Flagship New City Falls Behind
 The Government has effectively acknowledged that the ambitious New City at Mt Hampden, including the much-publicised Zimbabwe Cyber City project, has missed its original timelines and is unlikely to...
Can a Vehicle Ban Plug Zimbabwe’s Medicine Leaks?
NatPharm has announced a ban on unauthorised vehicles transporting medicines, a move aimed at plugging leakages in Zimbabwe’s strained public health supply chain.“We are strengthening controls in the...
Gold Syndicate Unravels Before Zanzibar Birthday Bash
 The planned June luxury 50th birthday celebration in Zanzibar for alleged gold syndicate figure Sicelo “Stillo” Mbambo now appears unlikely as he is now the subject of a police manhunt after authorit...